Mosquito Trap Counts

July 05, 2007

Aberdeen mosquito control has five traps within city limits. Crews check traps daily and count individual mosquitoes. When traps exceed an average of 100 mosquitoes (or 10 Culex mosquitoes, which carry West Nile Virus) over three consecutive nights, crews will do a citywide ground spray. When crews spray for mosquitoes, itÂ?s called adulticiding Â? killing adult mosquitoes, Mark Hoven said, head of mosquito control. He said thereÂ?s no explanation for the high mosquito numbers at Wylie Park. He said crews do a lot of spraying there because itÂ?s a local attraction. This map compares mosquito numbers before and after a citywide spray this week.Click Here to See a PDF of the counts